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On April 23, 2019, a woman called 911 claiming she’d just given birth at home—but it was a lie masking something far more sinister. Moments earlier, a 9-month-pregnant woman had arrived at her house, lured by an online offer of free baby clothes. What happened next is every parent’s worst fear. It all started in early 2019 when Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, a 19-year-old Chicago high school student, married and mom to a 3-year-old, was expecting her second child. Excited for her growing family, she joined a Facebook group for young moms to swap tips and resources. There, she connected with Clarisa Figueroa, a 46-year-old woman offering free baby clothes. Marlen, trusting the gesture, agreed to visit Clarisa’s Southwest Side home. But Clarisa, who’d lost her son in 2018 and had her tubes tied, was faking a pregnancy with ultrasound photos. She and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were plotting to steal Marlen’s unborn baby.

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On April 29, 2022, corrections officer Vicky White used her patrol car to escort inmate Casey White—a towering 6’9” convict serving a 75-year sentence—out of an Alabama jail, claiming he had a mental health evaluation. After selling her house at a steep discount, withdrawing $90,000 in cash, and planning an escape to build a life together, the two vanished. It all started back in 2020 when Casey White, a 6'9" giant of a guy from Alabama with a rap sheet including attempted murder, kidnapping, and burglary—serving 75 years already and facing capital murder charges for stabbing a woman to death—landed in Lauderdale County Jail. There, he crossed paths with Vicky White, a 56-year-old corrections officer who'd been on the job for 25 years, known as a straight-arrow type who'd won Employee of the Year awards multiple times. At first, it was just routine inmate-officer stuff, but over time, something clicked. They started talking more, and Vicky began bending rules—smuggling in burner phones so they could chat and text late at night.

By 2022, it had turned into a full-blown secret romance, with Vicky falling hard despite the red flags. Casey, always the charmer according to cellmates, played into it, and they dreamed of running off together.

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In this suitcase, a man begs his girlfriend to let him out, gasping for air and pleading desperately—but she taunts him, laughing it off as she leaves him zipped inside overnight. These cries for help would be his last words. It began innocently enough in late 2019 when Sarah Boone, 42, met Jorge Torres Jr., also 42, in Winter Park, Florida. They hit it off quickly, moving in together and sharing what seemed like a normal relationship at first—date nights, shared laughs, the usual. But cracks appeared fast. Police records show multiple calls to their apartment for domestic disputes, escalating arguments that turned physical. In one incident just months before the tragedy, Boone was arrested for battery after allegedly choking Torres and smashing his phone during a fight. Torres didn't press charges, and they stayed together

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This eerie church surveillance footage shows a shadowy figure clad in tactical SWAT gear marked "POLICE," wandering empty halls, prying open doors and shattering glass during a heavy rainstorm. Meanwhile, a female instructor arrives to set up her 5 a.m. boot camp class, oblivious to the danger lurking inside - just moments before tragedy strikes. It all began on April 18, 2016, when Terri "Missy" Bevers, a 45-year-old fitness instructor and mother of three, arrived at Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas, around 4 a.m. She was there to prepare for her regular 5 a.m. boot camp class as part of Camp Gladiator, a nationwide fitness program offering high-intensity group workouts. She unloaded gear from her truck despite the pouring rain.

Missy was married to Brandon Bevers, and while their life seemed stable, police later learned of some marital strains, including financial issues and flirtatious communications she had with people outside the marriage. The church was quiet that early morning - or appeared to be.

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This is a 26-year-old social media influencer with over 2 million followers and her boyfriend, a 27-year-old crypto trader from Texas, originally from Nigeria. This elevator footage shows them in a tense altercation—just hours before everything fell apart.

What started as a fast-moving romance in Miami’s high-rise life would soon spiral into something far more serious. Let’s walk through the timeline.. It started in early 2021, when Christian “Toby” Obumseli, a 27-year-old crypto trader from Texas, originally from Nigeria, moved to Miami to advance his trading career. There, he met Courtney Clenney, a 26-year-old OnlyFans model and Instagram influencer with over 2 million followers. They quickly began a passionate relationship and moved in together at One Paraiso, a luxury high-rise in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood.

But behind the high-rise lifestyle, things turned volatile. Neighbors frequently reported loud arguments, and police were called to their apartment at least seven times for domestic disturbances. Despite the repeated incidents, no arrests were made.

Toby confided in close friends through text messages, saying Courtney had physically attacked him several times—once even stabbing him. Still, he chose to stay.

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This is Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old University of Utah track athlete. A few moments ago, she received a message from someone claiming to be a deputy chief, urging her to come to the police station.

She was on campus, and moments after she left, a man she had broken up with was seen on CCTV walking into campus buildings carrying a black, seemingly weighty bag. He had been carrying the black bag again while wearing Deadpool gear during his earlier stalking. Lauren McCluskey was a 21-year-old senior at the University of Utah, a dedicated track and field athlete from Washington state, majoring in communications. On September 2, 2018, while out with friends in Salt Lake City, she met a bouncer named Shawn Fields at a local bar. He told her he was 28, charming and attentive, and they hit it off quickly, starting to date soon after. Fields visited her dorm often, met her friends, and seemed like a good match.

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This is Paul Thijssen, a 24-year-old former student and sports coach at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney, Australia. Days earlier, his colleague Lilie James, 21, had just ended their brief casual relationship. CCTV footage captured him in a hardware store selecting a hammer after testing several for weight, then practicing swings and lunges outside the gym bathroom at the school. Paul Thijssen, born in 1999 in the Netherlands and raised in Sydney, Australia, was a former student at St Andrew's Cathedral School, a prestigious private school in central Sydney. He captained the cricket and hockey teams there. After studying abroad, he returned in 2023 at age 24 to coach sports at the school and a nearby college. Lilie James, born in 2002, was a 21-year-old water polo coach and assistant at the same school, studying commerce and law at a local university while living with her family in a southern Sydney suburb.

In September 2023, Thijssen and James, who worked together in the school's sports department, began a casual romantic relationship that lasted about five weeks. By mid-October, James decided to end it, telling Thijssen it wasn't working out due to their professional overlap. The breakup occurred just days before October 25, 2023.

In this CCTV footage from July 24, 2024, 57-year-old Anita Rose, a mother of three, is seen calmly walking her dog along a quiet path in Suffolk, England, wearing a bright pink jacket and earphones. Just behind her, a man can be seen following at a careful distance — almost blending into the background. This would be the last moment Anita was ever seen alive. What happened next would leave an entire country in shock. On July 24, 2024, 57-year-old Anita Rose, a mother of three, left her home in Suffolk, England, around 5 a.m. to walk her dog. In CCTV footage from that morning, Anita can be seen in her bright pink jacket, earphones in, as she sets off on what seemed like a normal early walk. Behind her, a man quietly follows.

Around 6:25 a.m., a cyclist found Anita lying severely injured on a footpath. Her loyal dog was still beside her, and her dog’s lead was found tightly looped around her ankle. She was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, but after four days in critical condition, she died on July 28 from catastrophic head injuries described by doctors as similar to those from a high-speed car crash.

On the morning of July 23, 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit was captured on CCTV at a bank in Cheshire, Connecticut. She was alone, withdrawing $15,000 after telling staff her family was being held hostage at the Petit family home. A bank employee immediately called police to report the ongoing crime. These would be the last moments Jennifer was ever seen alive. On the evening of July 22, 2007, Dr. William Petit was sitting on a porch chair at his family home in Cheshire, Connecticut. Two men, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who had targeted the house after seeing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughter Michaela shopping earlier that day, approached. Komisarjevsky later admitted he had followed them home and chosen the house because it seemed affluent and easy to access.

After midnight, the two men entered the home through an unlocked basement door. They first encountered Dr. Petit asleep on the couch and bludgeoned him with a baseball bat, then tied him up in the basement.

They then proceeded upstairs, where they bound Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela, in their bedrooms. Over the next several hours, the intruders searched for money and waited for banks to open.

In July 2012, 19-year-old Ruth Thalía Sayas Sánchez from Huachipa (Lima, Peru) became the first contestant on the new talk-style game show El Valor de la Verdad (The Value of Truth), hosted by Beto Ortiz. She had taken a polygraph test beforehand to verify her answers.

On stage, she sat alongside her boyfriend, mother, and father as the questions became more difficult and the prize money climbed higher. No one could have predicted that her revelations that day would trigger a tragic and deadly chain of events. Ruth Thalía Sayas Sánchez was born in 1993 in Huachipa, Lima, Peru, into a family of modest means. Her parents worked hard to support her studies, and she was known to be ambitious and eager to improve her circumstances. She dreamed of helping her family and also longed for public recognition and fame.

In July 2012, at age 19, Ruth Thalía became the first contestant on a new Peruvian talk-style game show called El Valor de la Verdad (The Value of Truth), hosted by Beto Ortiz. Before appearing on television, she took a private polygraph test to confirm her answers. During the broadcast, she sat on stage with her boyfriend Bryan Romero Leiva and her parents beside her, responding to increasingly personal and sensitive questions as the prize money rose.

On July 6, 2012, after her parents wished her goodnight and thought she was asleep, 16-year-old Skylar Neese was seen on grainy CCTV slipping out her bedroom window and getting into a waiting car. Her friends had told her they wanted to go for a late-night drive—but they had planned something far more sinister. That was the last time she was seen alive. Skylar Neese was a bright, outgoing 16-year-old from Star City, West Virginia. She was close friends with Sheila Eddy and later became close with Rachel Shoaf. Over time, tension grew between them. Skylar confided in others and posted online hints suggesting her two friends were keeping secrets and leaving her out. Sheila and Rachel decided they didn’t want to be friends with her anymore — but instead of simply cutting her off, they started talking about killing her.

On July 5, 2012, Skylar returned home from her shift at Wendy’s. That night, Sheila and Rachel texted her, inviting her to sneak out for a drive, as they had done before. Just after midnight, Skylar climbed out her bedroom window. A grainy surveillance camera caught her walking across the parking lot and getting into a silver sedan. It was the last time she was seen alive.

In this footage, a man is seen crouching outside his neighbor’s door, injecting a potentially lethal chemical mixture into their home- in retaliation for everyday noises like heavy footsteps, dragging furniture, and even a squeaky toilet seat. More details 🧵 Surveillance footage from June 27, 2023, shows Xuming Li, 36, crouching outside his downstairs neighbors’ front door in Tampa, Florida. He injects a noxious liquid into the threshold using a syringe. That same chemical odor later made the family inside — husband Umar Abdullah, his wife, and their infant — sick. Investigators say Li later admitted he wanted to “end the noise” from footsteps, furniture, and a crying baby above.

Between May 31 and June 27, 2023, the Abdullahs suffered ongoing symptoms including headaches more severe than migraines, nausea, shortness of breath, skin and eye irritation, and their baby losing clumps of hair. Smoke alarms prompted fire department inspections that found no gas leaks.

This is the moment 4-year-old Cash Gernon was taken from his crib while sleeping next to his twin brother in their Dallas home. It was early morning, and Cash would never be seen alive again. More in 🧵 On the morning of May 15, 2021, around 5 a.m., 4‑year‑old Cash Gernon was taken from his bed in his crib while sleeping next to his twin brother at a home in the Mountain Creek area of Dallas, Texas. The abduction was captured on home surveillance. 18‑year‑old Darriynn Ronnell Brown was later identified as the person seen lifting Cash and carrying him away .

At approximately 6:40 a.m., a jogger discovered Cash’s body lying in the 7500 block of Saddleridge Drive—about eight blocks from the home. He had multiple fatal stab wounds and was without a shirt or shoes. Police ruled his death a homicide by an edged weapon .

The boys had been in the care of their father’s girlfriend, Monica Sherrod, since their father disappeared in March. Sherrod reported Cash missing to police just before 11 a.m., and provided the surveillance video that identified Brown

This footage captures two girls, Libby German and Abby Williams, on the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana—just moments before a man is seen approaching. The clip was found on Libby’s phone. They were never seen alive again. Full story in 🧵 On the afternoon of February 13, 2017, 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German and 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams were dropped off by Libby’s older sister, Kelsi, at the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana. It was a school day off, and the girls had decided to spend part of it hiking and taking photos along the popular trail, located in a wooded area just outside their small town.

At around 2:07 p.m., Libby posted a photo of Abby walking across the old railway bridge on Snapchat. That was the last known image of either girl alive. They were supposed to be picked up by 3:15 p.m., but they never showed up. By 5:30 p.m., after calls went unanswered and searches turned up nothing, the girls were reported missing. That evening, local volunteers and law enforcement conducted a wide search of the area, but the effort was called off due to darkness.

This is the moment Chris Watts, husband and father of two girls, realized the neighbor’s CCTV had captured footage that didn’t match what he told police. His hands went behind his head as the video played. His wife and daughters were missing. Full story 🧵 Chris Watts lived with his wife Shanann and their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, in Frederick, Colorado. On August 13, 2018, Shanann was dropped off at home around 1:48 a.m. by her friend Nicole Atkinson, after returning from a business trip. Later that morning, Shanann missed a prenatal appointment and stopped responding to calls and texts. Atkinson returned to the house and, seeing her car still parked in the garage, called police.

Officers arrived for a welfare check and found Shanann’s purse, phone, and medication still in the house—but no trace of her or the girls. Chris Watts, who had gone to work early that morning, returned home and appeared cooperative. That same day and the next, he gave TV interviews outside his house, pleading for his family’s safe return and saying he had “no idea” where they were.

(Surveillance video shows Shanann Watts arriving home from a business)

The sudden realization that your actions will result in spending the rest of your life in prison. 🧵👇 On the night of September 1, 2016, Greg Mulvihill received a call from a blocked number. The voice told him there was evidence related to his ongoing custody battle hidden near a dirt path in Carlsbad, California. Around 11 p.m., Greg went to the location with a flashlight and a baseball bat. As he reached the designated spot, a figure hidden in the bushes fired a single shot from a rifle. The bullet struck him in the chest—but he survived.

Police were called immediately. Investigators found tire tracks, a towel with sweat DNA, and a shell casing. Cell tower data showed that Greg’s estranged wife, Diana Lovejoy, and her firearms instructor, Weldon McDavid Jr., had both been near the scene that night. Weldon’s DNA was found on the towel, and the bullet matched a rifle registered to him. Surveillance video later showed Diana buying the burner phone used to lure Greg.

In January 1993, a three-year-old boy in Jacksonville, Florida, told a child protection worker that “Daddy hurt Mommy.” His mother, 23-year-old Bonnie Haim, had just vanished without a trace. Her car was found abandoned miles from home, but there was no sign of her. Despite the child’s words and growing suspicion, no one was ever arrested. For more than two decades, the case remained unsolved—until a chance discovery decades later changed everything. In January 1993, 23-year-old Bonnie Haim disappeared from her home in Jacksonville, Florida. She was a young mother with a three-year-old son named Aaron and was working in the accounting department of a local construction supply company. Her car, a red Nissan, was later found abandoned near the Jacksonville airport. The driver’s seat had been pushed too far back for someone of Bonnie’s height to have driven it, and inside was a shoeprint that police believed matched shoes owned by her husband, Michael Haim. At the time, no body was found, and Michael told police Bonnie had left the house the night before after an argument and never returned. Their son Aaron, who was just three years old, told a child services worker, “Daddy hurt Mommy” and said he had seen his father shoot her and throw a gun out of the car. Despite the child’s statement, and growing suspicion around Michael, the case stalled. Bonnie was legally declared dead in 1999.

On the evening of October 25, 1994, in Union, South Carolina, Susan Smith, a 23-year-old mother, reported a terrifying ordeal. She tearfully claimed to police that a Black man had carjacked her vehicle at a red light, driving off with her two young sons—Michael, age 3, and Alexander, age 14 months—still strapped in their car seats. Her desperate pleas for help sparked immediate concern, leading authorities and residents alike into a frantic search for the missing children.🧵 As investigators pursued every possible lead, Susan’s account began to show troubling inconsistencies. Over nine tense days, her public appearances, tearful appeals, and the vague description of the alleged carjacker dominated national news. But police were quietly growing suspicious, noticing discrepancies between her statements and evidence from the scene. Efforts to locate the mysterious abductor repeatedly hit dead ends, raising doubts about her version of events.

Facing intensifying scrutiny, Susan eventually broke down on November 3, 1994, confessing to a chilling truth. She admitted there was no carjacker and no abduction; in reality, she had driven her own vehicle with her two children inside to John D. Long Lake, deliberately letting the car roll into the water, drowning them both. Her motive, she revealed, was to remove perceived obstacles to a romantic relationship with a wealthy man who was not interested in raising her children.

In the woods of Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, just off a quiet trail not far from a now-abandoned campsite, a hunter came across a rusted 55-gallon steel drum on November 10, 1985. Inside were the remains of a woman and a young girl. Both had been wrapped in plastic and electrical wire. Both had suffered blunt force trauma to the head. No identification was found. Their faces were unrecognizable, and there were no missing persons reports that matched. Law enforcement searched missing children’s databases across the country, distributed composite sketches, and asked the public for help, but the case quickly went cold. The woman and child remained unidentified. 🧵 In 1987, the two were buried together in Saint John the Baptist Cemetery in Allenstown. They were placed in a steel casket, and a granite gravestone was laid above them. The inscription read: “Here lies the mortal remains, known only to God, of a woman, age 23 to 33, and a girl child, aged 8 to 10. Their slain bodies were found on November 10, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. May their souls find peace in God’s loving care.”

For years, that was the end of the story—until May 9, 2000, when a New Hampshire State Police detective returned to the scene while working a missing persons case. About 100 feet from where the first drum had been found, he spotted a second one. This time, it contained the remains of two more young girls. Like the first pair, they had been wrapped in plastic, showed signs of blunt force trauma, and were severely decomposed. The connection between the four was unmistakable, though no one knew who they were, or who had killed them.

A game where the bride and groom competed to open a wrapped confectionery item. The bride won

🚨More details 👇🏽 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿- This happened during a wedding ceremony on June 6, 2022, in the "Tolto‘g‘ay" neighborhood of Uzun district, Surkhandarya region. The incident, captured on video and spread on social media, involved a game where the bride and groom competed to open a wrapped confectionery item. The bride succeeded first, which led the groom, in a moment of anger, to slap her.

Despite the altercation, the wedding continued without further incidents, and no formal complaints were made to law enforcement by the end of the day. The widespread attention of the video prompted an investigation by the Uzun District Police Department. The groom, identified only by his initials X.R., was subject to administrative proceedings under Article 183 of the Administrative Responsibility Code (minor hooliganism).

Preventive discussions were also held with the bride, groom, and their parents. However, the groom ultimately avoided legal responsibility after apologizing to his wife, and since there was no formal complaint from the bride, administrative punishment was not applied

The deputy misinterpreted the sound of an acorn striking the patrol vehicle as a gunshot. On November 12, 2023, an incident involving Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, led to the resignation of Deputy Jesse Hernandez following an officer-involved shooting.

Responding to a disturbance involving Marquis Jackson, accused of grand theft auto and making threats, deputies apprehended Jackson after the victim reported his possession of firearms and a silencer.

During the ongoing investigation, Hernandez mistakenly interpreted an acorn hitting the patrol car as a gunshot, resulting in both Hernandez and Sergeant Beth Roberts discharging their weapons into the vehicle with Jackson handcuffed inside.

No injuries were reported, and subsequent investigations judged Hernandez's response as not objectively reasonable, leading to his resignation, while Roberts was exonerated.